Déchiffrer l’Amérique. Mélanges offerts à Józef Kwaterko
Decipher America. Blends offered to Józef Kwaterko
Contributor(s): Sylwia Sawicka (Editor), Michał Obszyński (Editor)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: francophone literature; francophone studies; Quebec literature; Józef Kwaterko
Summary/Abstract: Developed in recognition of Professor Józef Kwaterko on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and fiftieth anniversary of his professional career, the book is a collection of articles by outstanding specialists in Francophone literature of the Americas. From Quebec, and more broadly, from Canada to the Caribbean, the texts collected in this book provide a panorama of issues, aesthetics and socio-cultural themes characteristic of American francophony. Reading these articles will allow the reader to attempt to "decipher America" and thus follow in the footsteps of Professor Józef Kwaterko, who for years has been tirelessly researching and discovering new meanings of French-speaking literature of the Americas. A handful of more personal testimonies, which complement the book, help to better understand the personality and path of the Professor, an expert in his field, but also a colleague and a friend, sensitive to cultural diversity and the variety of experiences of those close to him.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4794-5
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4786-0
- Page Count: 248
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: French
La Plume et le Compas: notes sur la franc-maçonnerie dans les lettres québécoises
La Plume et le Compas: notes sur la franc-maçonnerie dans les lettres québécoises
(The Quill and the Square: Notes on Freemasonry in Quebec Letters)
- Author(s):Bernard Andrès
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:39-54
- No. of Pages:26
- Keywords:French-Canadian literature; Quebec; freemasonry; enlightenment
- Summary/Abstract:What can be said about the links between the first Quebec writers of the 18th-19th centuries and the secret or discreet societies of freemasonry, devoted to philosophical reflection or philanthropic action? As early as the end of the 18th century,the Catholic Church in Lower Canada perceived a danger to good Canadian souls in the Enlightenment and rationalism. We examine here how the Philosophical Enlightenment and the Masonic Enlightenment nourished the first generations of French-Canadian people of letters in the years 1760-1780, then in Lower Canada (1791-1841) and up to Confederation.
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Territoires éparpillés – notes sur la littérature québécoise actuelle
Territoires éparpillés – notes sur la littérature québécoise actuelle
(Scattered Territories. The Archipelago of Contemporary Quebec Literature)
- Author(s):Pierre Nepveu
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:55-64
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:contemporary Quebec literature; territory; periphery; identity
- Summary/Abstract:This short study dealing with the geography of Quebec contemporary literature is inspired by Józef Kwaterko’s major essay, Le roman Québécois et ses (inter)discours, in which he stresses the fact that the nomadic dimension, both spatial and temporal, of Quebec contemporary fiction undermines the traditional notion of identity. The present article examines a paradox: although the Quebec geography or territory is often seen as rather unknown and even disliked by its inhabitant, there is a very dynamic and rich presence of geography in Quebec contemporary poetry and novels. This strong presence of geography is different both from the traditional “terroir”, a rather pastoral and conservative vision of Quebec’s landscape, and from the revendication of “le pays” (the land) which culminated in the 1960s and was linked to the affirmation of Québécois identity. There is a new vision of the land: often peripheric, always unstable and pluralistic, linked at times to indigenous identity (among Innu poets for example) and more generally situated away from the valley of the St-Lawrence river, the traditional area of the first French settlements and of French-Canadian culture. In that sense, Quebec’s contemporary literature sees the territory as a kind of archipelago, in which there is a constant mobility of the imagination, redefining genealogies, cultural references and identity itself.
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Ralentir le rythme de la vie moderne – Jacques Poulin, un écrivain québécois postmoderne, marginal et alternatif
Ralentir le rythme de la vie moderne – Jacques Poulin, un écrivain québécois postmoderne, marginal et alternatif
(Decelerating the Rythm of Modern Life – Jacques Poulin, a Postmodern, Marginal and Alternative Quebec Writer)
- Author(s):Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:65-75
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Quebec literature; postmodernism; reading; deceleration; literary canon; marginality
- Summary/Abstract:This contribution treats the novels of the Quebec writer Jacques Poulin (born in 1937) from a twofold perspective: pointing out in the first part the main characteristics of Poulin’s biography and literary work, it then focuses on the central importance of reading, writing and, more extensively, of the book culture in his novels. The perception of reading and writing, in novels like Les Yeux bleus de Mistassini (2002, My Sister’s Blue Eyes) is characterized first by the valorization of intense and repetitive reading, second by a specific literary canon where US American and Canadian authors like Hemingway and Gabielle Roy play an important role, and third the therapeutic role of reading and the important role of literature for the human existence. Poulin’s work can be thus considered as a radical counterpoint to the evolution of contemporary societies and cultures characterized by the technological turn to visual life and digitalised media, but also by a rapidly accelerated rhythm of life and communication.
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Mythes et paraboles dans les romans de Christian Guay-Poliquin
Mythes et paraboles dans les romans de Christian Guay-Poliquin
(Myths and Parables in the Novels of Christian Guay-Poliquin)
- Author(s):Petr Kyloušek
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:77-84
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:Quebec literature; Christian Guay-Poliquin; dystopia; myths; parables
- Summary/Abstract:The dystopian diptych constituted by two Christian Guay-Poliquin’s novels, Le fil des kilomètres (2013) and Le Poids de la neige (2016), features an apocalyptic narrative by highlighting two models: the road novel in the first volume and the novel of the soil in the second. This contrasting arrangement is crossed by four shared mythemes: the myths of Labyrinth and of Icarus and the parables of the Prodigal Son and of the Good Samaritan. The analysis focuses on the contribution of those hypotexts to the transformation of dystopian narratives into liberating ones in the sense of the Christian tradition of French-Canadian and Quebec literature.
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Sauver le futur! Quand la tragédie vient au secours de la dystopie: Oscar de Profundis de Catherine Mavrikakis
Sauver le futur! Quand la tragédie vient au secours de la dystopie: Oscar de Profundis de Catherine Mavrikakis
(Save the Future! When Tragedy Comes to the Rescue of Dystopia: Oscar de Profundis of C. Mavrikakis)
- Author(s):Hélène Amrit
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:85-98
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:dystopia; Quebec novel; tragedy; sociocriticism; history; memory
- Summary/Abstract:Oscar de Profundis, narrating a somber outcome of our western societies appears to be a dystopia. Moreover, an intertext referring to the great classics of the genre such as 1984 by G. Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury comes to corroboratethis observation as obvious. However, in this apocalyptic climate hope – the unacceptable for a dystopia emerges implicitly. Indeed, a “reading between the lines” from almost imperceptible clues brings to light the tenuous, but very real presence of the tragedy. Against all odds, it is this presence of tragedy that generates hope as well as the dystopian kind of being renewed in this way.
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«La plus haute destinée»: portrait de quelques écrivains fictifs dans Soifs de Marie-Claire Blais
«La plus haute destinée»: portrait de quelques écrivains fictifs dans Soifs de Marie-Claire Blais
(“The Highest Destiny”: The Portrait of Some Fictitious Writers in Marie-Claire Blais’ Soifs)
- Author(s):Lise Gauvin
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:99-112
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Quebec literature; Marie-Claire Blais; figure of the writer
- Summary/Abstract:Poet, playwright and novelist Marie-Claire Blais describes a world of contrasts and contradictions, creating characters whose anguish is coupled with an immense appetite for life. Questioning the speeches and events that mark her time, Marie-Claire Blais through her stories brings to life a plethora of poets and novelists who constitute many variations around the writer’s character and the public image attached to it. The cycle of Soifs, questions the place of the artist in the social space. The article focuses more particularly on the first three as well as the last three novels of the cycle.
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Jouer sa vie en batifolant: lecture sociocritique des textes de Philippe Charron
Jouer sa vie en batifolant: lecture sociocritique des textes de Philippe Charron
(Flirting with Life: a Sociocritical Reading of Philippe Charron’s Texts)
- Author(s):Jean-François Chassay
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:113-122
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Philippe Charron; sociocriticism; society; language
- Summary/Abstract:It is hard to classify Philippe Charron’s books titled Supporters tuilés and Journée des dupes. They neither novels, nor poetry books nor short stories. They are rather brief and sometimes laconic fragments which are linked: (false) aphorisms, proverbial forms, more or less insane lists, strange dialogues, theatrical scenes… The books do not give a clear political matter, but offer an original overview of the contemporary occidental society. A sociocriticical lecture sheds new light on specific issues of the books. It allows to demonstrate author’s very particular use of language, strongly characterized by the pragmatic philosophy. And behind that, we can see the reappearance of a political view.
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Marges ou périphéries: un plaidoyer pour les autres littératures francophones du Canada hors Québec
Marges ou périphéries: un plaidoyer pour les autres littératures francophones du Canada hors Québec
(Marginal or Peripheral: a Plea for (or: in favor of) the Other Canadian Literatures in French outside of Québec)
- Author(s):Peter Klaus
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:123-135
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Frontier; bilingualism; translation; Robert Dickson; migrant writers; indigenous literature in French
- Summary/Abstract:This article aims at being a defender of the so-called small Canadian literatures in French, which tends to be forgotten or ignored in the face of Québec literature. What are the relations in French speaking Canada concerning its respective literatures? What are the relations of Québec, its literature and the other literatures in French created in Canada: in Acadia, Ontario and Manitoba? What about the contribution of First Nations’ literature in French? Will the history of Canadian literatures in French not have to be rewritten?
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La machine du roman et le mouvement de la vie. Nancy Huston, Gilles Deleuze, Henri Bergson
La machine du roman et le mouvement de la vie. Nancy Huston, Gilles Deleuze, Henri Bergson
(The Machine of the Novel and the Movement of Life. Nancy Huston, Gilles Deleuze, Henri Bergson)
- Author(s):Jan Miernowski
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:137-149
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:literary mechanism; biological Life; Nancy Huston; Gilles Deleuze; Henri Bergson
- Summary/Abstract:This article shows how the literary mechanism of a novel can successfully express the truth of biological life. The key of this artistic success is a proper rhythm which is never a repetition of the same, but rather the emergence of the new that encompasses past, present and future in one indivisible duration. Such is the teaching of Henry Bergson that permeates Nancy Huston’s 1999 novel Prodige. Polyphonie. The intermediary between the Canadian novelist and the French philosopher is Gilles Deleuze.
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Des fantômes de Duvalier à Montréal. La (post)mémoire empêchée dans L’Écho de leurs voix de Jan J. Dominique
Des fantômes de Duvalier à Montréal. La (post)mémoire empêchée dans L’Écho de leurs voix de Jan J. Dominique
(Phantoms of Duvalier in Montreal. Blocked (Post)Memory in L’Écho de leurs voix by Jan J. Dominique)
- Author(s):Piotr Sadkowski
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:151-160
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Haiti; blocked memory; postmemory; phantom; guilt
- Summary/Abstract:Born in 1953 in Port-au-Prince, living in Montreal, Jan J. Dominique in her writings focuses on Haitians who inherit the trauma of the victims of dictatorship. This article concerns her 2016 novel L’Écho de leurs voix. It explores the life of a twenty year old girl struggling with the difficult family history and the guilt inherited from her grandmother, who worked for the criminal regime and was responsible for brutal persecutions herself. The action of the novel is set among Haitians in Montreal, among descendants of victims and perpetrators. Illustrating transgenerational trauma, Jan J. Dominique uses metaphors borrowed from Haitian voodoo. Th e traditional motif of possession by loa renders the spectral presence of past traumatic experiences, which have not been subjected to memory work and mourning. The article engages with the moral and psychological problems represented in the novel by referring to the concepts of Paul Ricoeur (memory and guilt), Marianne Hirsch (postmemory) and Nicolas Abraham (phantom).
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Le texte littéraire
Le texte littéraire
(The Literary Text)
- Author(s):Réal Ouellet
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:161-168
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:literature; nature; function
- Summary/Abstract:From the point of view of a theoretician, literature evokes a certain social and psychological reality that is prefigured in other representations of the world as well. But unlike history and sociology, for example, it has no pretentions of representing an objective or even external reality, but rather it plays on words as it will with its manipulation of verbal matter, like a sculptor with wood or stone. In the light of this, a text is literary when its prevalent aspect lies in its making the use of language evident and no longer in its message.
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Pour une approche relationnelle des littératures en français au pluriel
Pour une approche relationnelle des littératures en français au pluriel
(Towards a Relational Approach of Lteratures in French)
- Author(s):Myriam Suchet
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:169-185
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:heterolingual; indiscipline; relation; translation; poetics
- Summary/Abstract:Following Kwaterko’s lead to perpetually renew our mental soft ware thanks to the reading of literary texts, I suggest to dive into works that shake the very notion of “Francophone Literature”. Masterpieces by authors such as Nicole Brossard, Régine Robin, Fermaille, La Filée, Henri Lopès, or Khatibi tend to challenge the very notion of “the language” as well as established identities. Such a questioning will lead to the sketching of a rather heterodox approach that can be altogether considered heterolingual, undisciplined and relational.
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Cultural Maroonage: Transgressing Boundaries in Black Canadian Writings in English and French
Cultural Maroonage: Transgressing Boundaries in Black Canadian Writings in English and French
(Cultural Maroonage: Transgressing Boundaries in Black Canadian Writings in English and French)
- Author(s):Anna Branach-Kallas
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:187-195
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:Black Canada; cultural maroonage; border crossing
- Summary/Abstract:The goal of this article is to examine the tactics of cultural maroonage and border crossing in selected works of four Black Canadian writers: Lawrence Hill, George Elliott Clarke, Marie-Célie Agnant and Stanley Péan. I define cultural maroonage after Joël Des Rosiers as a literary strategy which involves linguistic manipulation, a focus on the phenomena of migration, enslavement, and/or racism, and a struggle against cultural imperialism. Excess, stylistic heterogeneity, and appropriation of dominant modes of representation are the most important examples analysed in this article. My purpose is also to challenge the stereotypical separation of Black Canadian writings in English and French to illustrate the richness of Black Canada and the variety of Black Canadian cultural heritage.
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La chasse en vers
La chasse en vers
(The Poetry of Hunters)
- Author(s):Paul Aron
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:197-208
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:hunting; literature; poetry of amateurs
- Summary/Abstract:The world of hunters is a good example of poetry produced by amateurs. The article shows the evolution of mentalities chronologically. The poem on hunting is the first of all related to the values of the nobility. When the bourgeoisie seizes it, it makes it evolve in an ironic and gastronomic way. This provokes reactions and debates, especially in the middle of the 19th century when several visions of hunting are in conflict.
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Une rencontre à Berlin
Une rencontre à Berlin
(A meeting in Berlin)
- Author(s):Anna Branach-Kallas
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:211-212
- No. of Pages:2
- Keywords:francophone literature; francophone studies; Quebec literature; Józef Kwaterko
- Summary/Abstract:Developed in recognition of Professor Józef Kwaterko on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and fiftieth anniversary of his professional career, the book is a collection of articles by outstanding specialists in Francophone literature of the Americas. From Quebec, and more broadly, from Canada to the Caribbean, the texts collected in this book provide a panorama of issues, aesthetics and socio-cultural themes characteristic of American francophony. Reading these articles will allow the reader to attempt to "decipher America" and thus follow in the footsteps of Professor Józef Kwaterko, who for years has been tirelessly researching and discovering new meanings of French-speaking literature of the Americas. A handful of more personal testimonies, which complement the book, help to better understand the personality and path of the Professor, an expert in his field, but also a colleague and a friend, sensitive to cultural diversity and the variety of experiences of those close to him.
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Dire l’amitié avec Józef Kwaterko
Dire l’amitié avec Józef Kwaterko
(Make friends with Józef Kwaterko)
- Author(s):Yves Chemla
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:213-226
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:francophone literature; francophone studies; Quebec literature; Józef Kwaterko
- Summary/Abstract:Developed in recognition of Professor Józef Kwaterko on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and fiftieth anniversary of his professional career, the book is a collection of articles by outstanding specialists in Francophone literature of the Americas. From Quebec, and more broadly, from Canada to the Caribbean, the texts collected in this book provide a panorama of issues, aesthetics and socio-cultural themes characteristic of American francophony. Reading these articles will allow the reader to attempt to "decipher America" and thus follow in the footsteps of Professor Józef Kwaterko, who for years has been tirelessly researching and discovering new meanings of French-speaking literature of the Americas. A handful of more personal testimonies, which complement the book, help to better understand the personality and path of the Professor, an expert in his field, but also a colleague and a friend, sensitive to cultural diversity and the variety of experiences of those close to him.
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Ma vie de billard avec Józef
Ma vie de billard avec Józef
(My billiard life with Józef)
- Author(s):Jean Marcel
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:227-231
- No. of Pages:5
- Keywords:francophone literature; francophone studies; Quebec literature; Józef Kwaterko
- Summary/Abstract:Developed in recognition of Professor Józef Kwaterko on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and fiftieth anniversary of his professional career, the book is a collection of articles by outstanding specialists in Francophone literature of the Americas. From Quebec, and more broadly, from Canada to the Caribbean, the texts collected in this book provide a panorama of issues, aesthetics and socio-cultural themes characteristic of American francophony. Reading these articles will allow the reader to attempt to "decipher America" and thus follow in the footsteps of Professor Józef Kwaterko, who for years has been tirelessly researching and discovering new meanings of French-speaking literature of the Americas. A handful of more personal testimonies, which complement the book, help to better understand the personality and path of the Professor, an expert in his field, but also a colleague and a friend, sensitive to cultural diversity and the variety of experiences of those close to him.
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Sortir du pays de la mort
Sortir du pays de la mort
(Out of the land of death)
- Author(s):Régine Robin
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:233-239
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:francophone literature; francophone studies; Quebec literature; Józef Kwaterko
- Summary/Abstract:Developed in recognition of Professor Józef Kwaterko on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and fiftieth anniversary of his professional career, the book is a collection of articles by outstanding specialists in Francophone literature of the Americas. From Quebec, and more broadly, from Canada to the Caribbean, the texts collected in this book provide a panorama of issues, aesthetics and socio-cultural themes characteristic of American francophony. Reading these articles will allow the reader to attempt to "decipher America" and thus follow in the footsteps of Professor Józef Kwaterko, who for years has been tirelessly researching and discovering new meanings of French-speaking literature of the Americas. A handful of more personal testimonies, which complement the book, help to better understand the personality and path of the Professor, an expert in his field, but also a colleague and a friend, sensitive to cultural diversity and the variety of experiences of those close to him.
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Hommage à Józef Kwaterko
Hommage à Józef Kwaterko
(Tribute to Józef Kwaterko)
- Author(s):Hélène Amrit, Anna Giaufret
- Language:French
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, French Literature, Philology
- Page Range:241-242
- No. of Pages:2
- Keywords:francophone literature; francophone studies; Quebec literature; Józef Kwaterko
- Summary/Abstract:Developed in recognition of Professor Józef Kwaterko on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and fiftieth anniversary of his professional career, the book is a collection of articles by outstanding specialists in Francophone literature of the Americas. From Quebec, and more broadly, from Canada to the Caribbean, the texts collected in this book provide a panorama of issues, aesthetics and socio-cultural themes characteristic of American francophony. Reading these articles will allow the reader to attempt to "decipher America" and thus follow in the footsteps of Professor Józef Kwaterko, who for years has been tirelessly researching and discovering new meanings of French-speaking literature of the Americas. A handful of more personal testimonies, which complement the book, help to better understand the personality and path of the Professor, an expert in his field, but also a colleague and a friend, sensitive to cultural diversity and the variety of experiences of those close to him.
- Price: 4.50 €